December 9th

Rob Golembiewski has replaced Tom Cook as the director of Oregon State University’s turf management program. Golembiewski is the former head of the golf and turf management program at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He also created the turf program at Montana State University and co-owned a landscaping company for six years in Arizona. His position is funded by a $1 million endowment from the family of the late OSU alumnus Nat Giustina.

December 5th

Water experts and owners of wells will meet on Dec. 11 in Salem to learn about and discuss growing concerns over Oregon's limited ground water and identify potential solutions. The conference, called Wells and the Well-being of Oregon, is sponsored by Oregon State University's Institute for Water and Watersheds and OSU's Oregon Sea Grant Extension Service. Kevin McCray, the executive director of the National Ground Water Association will give the keynote address on the ground water industry in the United States.